A late flurry of emails saw a lot of chopping and changing on the leader board. When everything was totted up only 100 points separated the top 3 anglers. Congratulations also to the winner of the Junior section Ryan Blair, 30 species is a great return for the year, well done.

Some fish worth a mention this month are Eoin Foley’s Shore Rockling for 100 points and Aidan O’ Hallorans Gilthead Bream from the Clare coast, that fish was surely lost! Fish of the month goes to Paddy Barnwell for his 81cm Bass, a cracking fish and well done.

So that’s it for 2014, 67 different species caught and plenty specimen fish sent in throughout the year. A fish worth a special mention goes to Dean Quigley’s Smooth Hound which was 3 and a half pound over the current Irish Record.

I would like to thank and congratulate all the anglers for their efforts throughout the year, I feel we learned a lot over the year and will approach the new species hunt with a spring in our step. Best of luck to everyone who takes up the challenge in the new year.